Flu Season in Metro Atlanta - It's Bad!

Yes, you have been hearing more coughing and groaning than usual.

The flu has hit early and hard this season in Georgia. Nationwide, 41 out of 50 states are reporting widespread flu.  Flu season doesn't typically begin until February. According to Google Flu Trends, the current flu season in the Atlanta-area is "intense."  Anecdotally, one particular strain of flu going around Snellville seems to be rougher than usual: it lasts 5-8 days, and has symptoms that include a high fever (between 101 and 105 in both adults and children), aches and pain in the legs and hips, a cough, sore throat and fatigue, followed by a few days of what seems like a cold, with swollen lymph nodes. (Editor's note: my family and I all had this strain, as did multiple families close to us.) “While we can’t say for certain how …

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